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Me and Fashion: Making a better life for Models, Have you signed the Petition?

Body image
yet add the fashion industry into the equation it equals a whole host of controversial
topics to be raised and more questions asked.

Personally
well before London Fashion Week had even begun in its new location I noticed
through my daily reading and prep for the coming week that, the press was
highlighting the questionable skinny models at New York Fashion Week shows
which were featured during the Victoria Beckham show and at other designer
shows.

Which lead
to the the question: ‘What are we doing to our models’?

A week
later I was browsing my twitter handle this press coverage of the use of skinny
models during fashion week took a new step of direction. ITV had chosen the
topic to be discussed during its own show Loose Women in regarding, to an MP’s
reaction to the debatable topic of using skinny models which opened up the
debate to have skinny models banned altogether from London Fashion Week
especially.

On a personal note from being a fashion blogger I don’t
allow unhealthy images or digital media on my site due to the fact I have a level
of responsibility to play since, my audience is worldwide and has various age
groups which read the content. As natural approach as my part to of being
responsible I got involved in the debate through the hashtag linked to the
Loose Women debate.

“ Sep 17: ‪@loosewomen‪ I agree. It’s an unhealthy idea to give our
young people today whilst creating an unhealthy question about their body image”.

I got a mixed review of responses too my tweet on both sides
of coin of that yes it is unresonsible idea by putting unhealthy models down the
catwalk as well as, the statement of which some girls are naturally thin
however that is a different matter altogether. (You’ll see shortly why). As
being a recent textile student I understand about the fittings models and the
sample sizes yet, I still took the responsibility for using realistic templates
to making sure my model was healthy. Even though the 19 international editors
of Vogue and several Fashion Council boards have placed a healthy initiative. The
responsibility of looking after our Models wellbeing needs to be pushed more
therefore, I have signed up to Brit Based Model Rosalie Nelson’s own petition
whose petition is to increase regulation in the fashion industry based on the
wellbeing of Models.

"agencies
managing and recruiting models have a responsibility to the wellbeing of
girls on the catwalk at fashion week, and in the industry as a
whole," and urged that the UK should follow in the footsteps of France to
criminalise the use of models who are "dangerously underweight".

"I'm a 23-year-old
model, a clothes size 8 to 10," Nelson - who is already represented by a
local agency, IMM Models said. "When I walked into one of the UK's biggest
model agencies last year they told me I ticked all the boxes except one - I
needed to lose weight. So I did. Four months later I lost nearly a stone, two
inches off my hips. When I returned to the same agency they told me to lose
more weight, they wanted me "down to the bone". – Rosalie Nelson

We are in 2015 where fashion can be seen on any device,
online, in store (especially those scary skinny unrealistic mannequins) which
have an impacted on making questions about Body Image in which we shouldn’t be
doing. just the other day I heard someone questioning over the calories of a
Latte. Really?

This Thinness is putting pressure on a more physically and
metal impact on young adults as well as the public in general. Fashion and life
should be fun, energetic, and healthy all through a balance. Not questioning
calories or portraying scary skinny models which create that effect or develop
the public to have negative body image on themselves.

So as a fashion blogger I open it up to you to make a
difference to this negativity around body image (It’s all about BALANCE!!!). If
you do sign the petition you will be making an impact to change the
responablitly to improving the wellbeing of models on our catwalks too campaigns.
Hopefully this can too be passed onto society so that young adults and the
public can enjoy life in balance without the whole Thinspo trend.